Sheriff’s office asking for assistance in identifying fraud suspect

Police obtained this image from a Wal-Mart in Pooler, Ga., of a suspect in an Okatie stolen identity case.

Bluffton Today

OKATIE - Beaufort County Sheriff's Office investigators are hoping that local citizens may recognize and be able to provide assistance in identifying a suspect who used a credit card stolen from a vehicle in the Okatie area.

Sheriff's deputies responded to 26 Chechessee Bluff Circle after someone reported a vehicle break-in March 31. The victim, a 37-year old woman said that sometime between midnight March 30 and noon March 31, an unknown person or persons had entered her unlocked 2004 Toyota Sienna and stolen her purse. The victim was alerted to the theft after receiving notification from her credit card company advising of possible fraudulent activity on one of her credit cards.

The stolen card was reportedly used at four different locations in Geogia shortly after the time it would have been stolen. Investigators were recently able to obtain footage of the individual who used the card at a Wal-Mart in Pooler, Ga. on March 31 at approximately 11 a.m.

The Sheriff's Office is asking anyone who may recognize the pictured individual, or who may have further information regarding this incident to contact Investigator Lance Cpl. W. Conant at 255-3424.

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